ISSN:
1437-7799
Keywords:
Na+-phosphate cotransporter
;
dietary phosphate
;
kidney
;
rat
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Background Three types (typeI, II, andIII) of sodium-dependent phosphate cotransporters have recently been isolated and shown to be expressed in the mammalian kidney. Understanding of the functional roles and regulation of each transporter is still fragmented, however. Methods We analyzed the functional roles of each transporter by using antisense oligonucleotides in theXenopus oocytes expression system, and by localization in the proximal tubules of rat kidney using immunohistochemistry. Results Phosphate uptake in brush border membranes was increased by about 2 times in rats fed a low-phosphate, as compared with a high-phosphate, diet. Expression of typeI, II, andIII transporter mRNAs was observed in renal poly(A)+RNA, isolated from the rats fed a low-phosphate diet. Phosphate uptake increased about 2.5-fold inXenopus oocytes injected with the poly(A)+RNA, compared with those given RNA from rats fed a high-phosphate diet. Hybrid depletion of the typeII sodium-dependent phosphate transporter (NaPi-2), but not of the typeI (rNaPi-1) or typeIII transporters (PiT-1 and PiT-2), significantly decreased phosphate transport activity in oocytes injected with the poly(A)+RNA from each experimental group rat kidney. In rats fed the lowphosphate diet, NaPi-2 immunoreactivity increased markedly in the brush border membranes of renal proximal tubular cells, whereas rNaPi-1 protein was not changed. Conclusion This study suggests that the typeII transporter functions mainly as a sodium-dependent phosphate cotransporter, and is regulated by dietary phosphate in the rat kidney.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02479931
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